Meaning & use
panty girdle
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Meaning
nouncountableold-fashioned
An elastic undergarment that covers the hips and upper thighs like short underpants and is worn to smooth the body's outline.
Grammar: A countable noun: a panty girdle, two panty girdles.
Patterns
- wear a panty girdle
My grandmother wore a panty girdle under her dresses in the 1960s.
The shop advertised a panty girdle with a soft cotton lining.
She found an old panty girdle in a box of vintage clothes.
Word forms
| plural | panty girdles |
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Common combinations
- wear a panty girdle
- Many women wore a panty girdle under fitted skirts.
- elastic panty girdle
- The elastic panty girdle was hard to pull on.
- vintage panty girdle
- A vintage panty girdle sold at the market.
- light-control panty girdle
- She chose a light-control panty girdle for the party.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: panty girdle or corset?
panty girdle vs corset
A corset has stiff boning and shapes the waist and bust, while a panty girdle is elastic and covers hips and thighs.
Practice
Which garment is an elastic undergarment covering the hips and thighs, with leg openings like short underpants?
Choose one answer.
A panty girdle has leg openings and covers hips and thighs. A corset is boned and sits higher, a camisole is a light top and a petticoat is a skirt-like slip.
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